Contrary Quotes

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Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour. — Andy Murray
Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market. — Barack Obama
Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people. — Michael Palin
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to… — Blaise Pascal
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is… — Octavio Paz
Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown… — Anne Rice
I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary… — Carl Rogers
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary. — Donald Rumsfeld
Contrary to popular opinion, things don't go stale particularly fast in the art world. — Jerry Saltz
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary… — Margaret Sanger
There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. — Franz Schubert
The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our needs - is… — Peter Singer
Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are… — Mark Skousen
See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy… — Wole Soyinka
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. — Baruch Spinoza
Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s could be easily… — James Surowiecki
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it. — Jalal Talabani
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's… — Leo Tolstoy

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